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the summit. Inflorescence as in U./axa(U. gracilis), but with the 
main axis and branches stouter and more rigid, and the spikelets 
somewhat larger. 
Little Stone Mountain, DeKalb county, Georgia, July (John 
K. Small); Florida (Curtiss N. Am. Pl, No. 3521); Mississipp! 
(S. M. Tracy); Hiawassee Valley, Tenn. (A. Ruth); Tullahoma, 
Middle Tenn. (A. Gattinger). 
Death of Dr. Thomas Morong. 
Dr. Thomas Morong, Curator of the Herbarium of 
Columbia College, and a Vice President of the Club, died at 
his son’s home in Boston, Mass., April 26th, 1894, after an 
illness of some four months. An account of his life and 
botanical works will appear in the June number of the 
BULLETIN. 
Botanical Notes. 
A New Systematic Botany of North America is announced undet 
the editorship of George F. Atkinson, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. 
Y.; Nathaniel L.Britton, Columbia College, New York City; J obs 
M. Coulter, Lake Forest University, Lake Forest, Ill.; Frederick 
V. Coville, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.; 
Edward L. Greene, University of California, Berkeley, Cal. ; Byron 
D. Halsted, Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J.; Arthur Hol- 
lick, Columbia College, New York City, and Lucien M. Under- 
wood, De Pauw University, Greencastle, Ind. The editors are 
already assured of the codperation of over forty American botan- 
ists. 
The general sequence of orders will be based on that adopted 
by Professors Engler and Prantl in their “ Natiirliche Pian: 
familien,” now approaching completion, and the work will be 
